Lentil Soup After Dental Surgery

Name: Lentil Soup After Dental Surgery
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup lentils; 1 large Spanish onion; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 red jalapeno; 1 red serrano; 4 carrots, trimmed and washed (do not peel); 4 stalks celery washed and trimmed, with minced leaves reserved; 2 portobello caps, cleaned and diced; 2 red peppers, diced; 1 cup vegetable broth; 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper, more to taste; 1 tsp oregano; 1 tsp rubbed sage; 1 fresh bay leaf; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 tbsp soy sauce, more to taste as needed; 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, more to taste as needed; sour cream and red pepper flake to serve

Jim Kennedy @jimkmaus

This is a perfect soup for recovering from dental surgery. Smooth, flavorful, and healthy. Almost makes you want to have more dental work done (Not really).

Jim Kennedy @jimkmaus

This is a perfect soup for recovering from dental surgery. Smooth, flavorful, and healthy. Almost makes you want to have more dental work done (Not really).

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Ingredients

1 hour

8 servings

1 cuplentils
1large Spanish onion
2 clovesgarlic, chopped
1red jalapeno
1red serrano
4carrots, trimmed and washed (do not peel)
4 stalkscelery washed and trimmed, with minced leaves reserved
2portobello caps, cleaned and diced
2red peppers, diced
1 cupvegetable broth
1 tspfreshly cracked black pepper, more to taste
1 tsporegano
1 tsprubbed sage
1fresh bay leaf
2 sprigsfresh thyme
1 tbspsoy sauce, more to taste as needed
1 tbsprice wine vinegar, more to taste as needed
sour cream and red pepper flake to serve

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Steps

1 hour

1

Fit the food processor with the medium blade.
2

Slice and process the Spanish onion. Reserve onion juice to add later, remove onion to a separate mixing bowl.
3

Process carrots and celery, reserve to a separate mixing bowl.
4

Make one cup vegetable broth from bullion, or use homemade. I use Better Than Bullion, you may have a favorite brand.
5

Chop garlic, reserve.
6

Remove stems from jalapeno and serrano

Ageing chile peppers
7

Slice each pepper lengthwise once, then slice each half lengthwise. Mince. (Don't forget to use gloves, and don't rub your eyes or any other sensitive area.) Reserve.
8

In a large Dutch oven, heat 1 tbsp olive oil on medium heat till shimmering.
9

Add onion, cook until soft, not brown.
10

Add garlic and chile peppers, saute for 30 seconds in a separate part of the pot, then combine.
11

Remove from heat, pour back into mixing bowl.
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Add 1 tbsp of olive oil to Dutch oven, heat for 30 seconds.
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Add celery and carrot. Stir to coat the vegetables. Put the lid on, cook for 5 minutes.
14

Remove lid, saute until vegetables are soft.
15

Remove to mixing bowl.
16

Add 1 more tbsp olive oil to Dutch oven. Heat until shimmering.
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Add mushrooms and red pepper, sauté for 5 minutes.
18

Reduce heat to low. Add onion mixture and celery-carrot mixture back into Dutch oven.
19

Add pepper, sage, and oregano. Stir to combine.
20

Add lentils, the vegetable broth, soy sauce, and rice wine vinegar. Adjust seasonings as needed. If more liquid is needed, a mix of water and soy sauce will add flavor.
21

Add bay leaf and celery leaf. Stir to combine.
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Simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
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Remove to 1 quart containers, cool for 1 hour.
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Add the soup, a quart at a time, to the food processor with its regular blade.
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Process for 30 seconds, or until the soup is mostly smooth, with a little texture left.
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Refrigerate.
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Have dental surgery.
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While recuperating, consume with a spoonful of sour cream and a pinch of red pepper flake for garnish.